Former Pemberton EMS officers indicted on theft charges

By
Brian Dzenis, The Trentonian

Friday, June 28, 2013

MOUNT HOLLY — Two Pemberton EMS officers were indicted on accusations that they had stolen from their employer.

Brandon Morrison, 22, of Tabernacle, was indicted on official misconduct, theft by deception, elements of computer theft, wrongful impersonation and misapplication of entrusted property. Morrison was the treasurer of and captain of his squad. From February through October 2011, he wrote unauthorized checks to himself for $3,690. According to the Burlington County Prosecutor’s Office, he bought $1,200 in law enforcement equipment with his squad’s funds for personal use. He allegedly purchased knives, handcuffs, a baton, a tactical equipment belt, a vehicle strobe light, a simulated training pistol and a weapon holster.

The squad’s former president, Jonathan Hinshaw, 25, of Brown Mills, is accused of accepting a forged check for $485.75. He plead guilty to theft by deception charges in March of this year.

Both men served Pemberton EMS in a volunteer capacity and were arrested in December 2011.